Monday, September 21, 2020

Russischer Internetriese Yandex zieht sich aus Türkei zurück

Heise.de, hier. 

Aline Blankertz: «Das Internet wird zum geopolitischen Spielball»

SRF.ch, hier. 

DIE ZUKUNFT DER DATENSCHUTZAUFSICHT

Stiftung Datenschutz, hier. 

Humanising Machine Intelligence

Conference Videos, here. 👀

Google to pass on [regulatory operating cost] to advertisers

CityAm, here. 

Data institutions play critical role in solving global social problems

ComputerWeekly, here. 

Amazon staffers took bribes, manipulated marketplace, leaked data including search algorithms – DoJ claims

The Register, here. 

Ireland’s data watchdog slammed for letting adtech carry on ‘biggest breach of all time’

TechCrunch, here. 

This Deal Helped Turn Google Into an Ad Powerhouse. Is That a Problem?

NYTimes, here. 

U.S. app maker Blix in letter to EU's Vestager says Apple not playing fair

Reuters, here.
"The founders of Blix, an email app maker that has fought with Apple, suggested to me that Apple create an independent app review process to make sure it isn’t unfairly punishing rival apps" here. 

Privacy Experts Alarmed at Oracle’s Role in Proposed TikTok Deal

Digital Privacy News, here. 

The impact of algorithms for online content filtering or moderation

Study for the EP, here. 

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

BIg Tech Hearing: GAFA’s responses for the record

 Here.

FTC takes aim at Google’s OS monopoly

The Korea Herald, here. 

Investiga COFECE posibles prácticas monopólicas relativas en el mercado de servicios de publicidad digital y servicios relacionados

COFECE, aquì. 

Rise of the central bank digital currencies: drivers, approaches and technologies

BIS, here. 

How to destroy surveillance capitalism

C. Doctorow, here. 

The ACCC’s ‘bargaining code’: A path towards ‘decentralised regulation’ of dominant digital platforms?

C. Caffarra, here. 

The effects of narrow price parity clauses on online sales – Investigation results from the Bundeskartellamt’s Booking proceeding

Bundeskartellamt, here. 

Competition in digital markets: a review of expert reports

F. Lancieri, P. Sakowski, here. 

On concentration screens in horizontal merger review

V. Nocke, M. Whinston, here. 

Statement on Facebook

ACCC, here. 

Emerging health data platforms: From individual control to collective data governance

T. Kariotis et al., here. 

Wie Europas digitale Wettbewerbspolitik verschärfen?

With A. Fletcher, here. 

Digital platform services Inquiry – March 2021 report on app marketplaces: Issues Paper

ACCC, here. 

Apple iCloud, Google Drive and Dropbox probed over ‘unfair’ T&Cs in Italy

TechCrunch, here. 

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT EVALUATION of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation

EC, here. 

Remèdes aux problèmes posés par les plateformes numériques structurantes

Arcep, ici. 

Arcep’s contribution to the public consultation on the DSA Package and the New Competition Tool

Here. 

Altmaier: Mit dem GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz schaffen wir neue Wettbewerbsregeln für große Internetunternehmen und entlasten den Mittelstand

BMWI, hier. 

How competition impacts data privacy

A. Blankertz, here. 

Industrie 4.0: Innovationen im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung

BMBF, hier.

Traitement de la DMLA : l'Autorité sanctionne 3 laboratoires pour des pratiques abusives

ADLC, ici. 

5G: a cosa serve davvero? Quintarelli: “Ecco quale sarà il vero traino delle nuove reti”

AgendaDigitale, qui. 

The technical components of interoperability as a tool for competition regulation

I. Brown, here. 

Essential requirements for establishing and operating data trusts: practicalguidance co-developed by representatives from fifteen canadian organizationsand initiatives

A. Paprica et al., here. 

The future of EU merger control

M. Vestager, here. 

CMA: EC public consultations on the Digital Services Act package and the New Competition Tool

CMA, here. 

ICN 2020 Virtual Annual Conference

ICN, here. 

À VOTRE ÉCOUTE

CNIL, here. 

Evidence and scenarios for global data systems

Gov Office for Science, here. 

GOOGLE’S SUBMISSION IN RESPONSE TO SUBCOMMITTEE QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD FOLLOWING JULY 29, 2020 HEARING

Google, here. 

BGH setzt Facebook Grenzen für die Datennutzung

Noerr, hier. 

AI Governance through Political Fora and Standards Developing Organizations

Stiftung Neue Verantwortung, hier. 

Nvidia's CEO argues that buying Arm won't threaten CPU neutrality

PCWorld, here. 

La justice européenne confirme que le « trafic gratuit » enfreint les règles sur la neutralité du net

Numérama, ici. 

Radical Restorative Remedies for Digital Markets

N. Petit, M. Gal, here. 

Russian Apple decision(s)

FAS, here. 

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Oh what a feeling: New Toyotas will upload data to AWS to help create custom insurance premiums based on driver behaviour

The Register, here. 

Market Investigations for Digital Platforms: Panacea or Complement?

A. Fletcher, here. 

Oracle’s Ellison [does not step] out of character with approach for TikTok

FT, here. 

'Surveillance Capitalism' and the Angst of the Petit Sovereign

F. Johns, here.

Girocard in Apple Pay mit Beschränkungen

Heise, hier. 

Concorrência em mercados digitais: uma revisão dos relatórios especializados

CADE, aqui. 

What if Apple was forced to allow app sales outside of the iOS store?

Engadget, here. 

Killer Acquisitions and Beyond: Policy Effects on Innovation Strategies

I. Letina et aliud, here. 

Should we be paid for our data?

LiveMint, here. 

The Monopoly Harms That Antitrust Keeps Missing

H. Singer, here. 

This app could end Apple's monopoly — and Steve Jobs would love it

InputMag, here. 

Commission approves acquisition of Nets' account-to-account payment business by Mastercard, subject to conditions

EC, here. 

Google spreading 'misinformation' about new rules, says ACCC chief

SMH, here. 

How the European Commission Lost Its Tax Battle Against Ireland and Apple

ProMarket, here. 

Uber and Lyft Consider Franchise-Like Model in California

NYTimes, here. 

The EU is launching a market for personal data. Here’s what that means for privacy.

Technology Review, here.

Big Tech’s Domination of Business Reaches New Heights

NYTimes, here. 

How Duolingo uses AI in every part of its app

VentureBeat, here. 

Our response to Google: Privacy isn't a Luxury

Privacy Int, here. 

Nvidia boss sets out plan to rule the data centre

FT, here.

Datenschützer wollen Cookie-Banner prüfen

Heise, hier. 

Monday, August 10, 2020

Servus, Amazon

Wiener Zeitung, hier. 

Apple’s antitrust woes stem from its obsessions with control and money

VentureBeat, here. 

India data-curb plan 'anathema', U.S. tech giants plan pushback

Reuters, here.
Submissions will be published here, eventually. 

Digital technologies in the public-health response to COVID-19

J. Budd et al., here. 

For Amazon, Mall Is Beautiful (Amazon se come al retail físico)

E. Dans, here. 

Germany's 'Lex Apple Pay': Payment Services Regulation Overtakes Competition Enforcement

J.-U. Franck, D. Linardatos, here. 

Market Power, Inequality, and Financial Instability

Federal Reserve Board, here. 

Advance notification of order to rectify unfairly processed and incorrect personal data - International Baccalaureate Organization

Norwegian Data Protection Authority, here.

Google Search Mobile Market Share Likely to Drop Around 20% through Search Preference Menus

DuckDuckGo, here. 

Facebook, Amazon and Google Emails Make an Antitrust Case...

Bloomberg, here (and here). 

Amazon Is a Private Government. Congress Needs to Step Up.

The Atlantic, here. 

ФАС признала Apple злоупотребившей доминирующим положением на рынке распространения приложений

ФАС, здесь

Friday, August 07, 2020

Banning TikTok: Are We Reproducing the Chinese Internet in America?

M. Stoller, here. 

Here’s why Apple believes it’s an AI leader—and why it says critics have it all wrong

Ars Technica, here. 

Jack Dorsey on Twitter’s Mistakes

The Daily, here. 

To Head Off Regulators, Google Makes Certain Words Taboo

The Markup, here. 

"Jeder Nutzer soll Herr über seine eigenen Daten sein"

SZ, hier. 

Economic Rents and the Contours of Conflict in the Data-driven Economy

D. Ciuriak, here. 

Google-Fitbit deal to be scrutinized in Europe over data competition concerns

TechCrunch, here. 

Antitrust Policy in the 21st Century: Is There a Need for Reform?

CPI, here. 

Make AI Enhance Your Productivity—Not A ‘Surveillance State’

C. Makridis, here. 

Platform for Disruption

With P. Malik, here. 

Letter: Europe is right to worry about Big Tech power

J. Eskanazi, here. 

SPARTOO : sanction de 250 000 euros et injonction sous astreinte de se conformer au RGPD

CNIL, ici. 

How open data could tame Big Tech’s power and avoid a breakup

P. Leblond, here. 

Data is an economic resource. Gopalakrishnan committee report shows how its value can be shared, governed

The Indian Express, here. 

Managing Privacy & Data Governance for Next Generation Architecture

InfoQ, here. 

Warum wir unsere Daten zurückfordern müssen

SZ, hier. 

Apple using machine learning for almost everything, and privacy-first approach actually better

B. Lovejoy, here. 

Microsoft expands TikTok takeover ambitions to entire global business

FT, here. 

WEBINAR ON THE “EX-POST ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF EUROPEAN COMPETITION POLICY”

EC and Lear, here. 

Dominant Tech Companies Should Live Under Enhanced Privacy Rules

Forbes, here. 

IS COVID-19 ACCELERATING AUTOMATION? LESSONS FOR THE ADVENT OF AI

Uva Darden, here. 

Redesigning Data Privacy: Reimagining Notice & Consent for human technology interaction

WEF, here. 

Facebook: Apple-Regeln führen zu minderwertigen iPhone-Apps

Heise.de, hier. 

Google launches Recommendations AI ecommerce tool in public beta

Venture Beat, here. 

Microsoft and Facebook blast Apple for restrictive rules on gaming apps

CNBC, here. 

Some thoughts on the Conseil National du Numérique interoperability study

I. Brown, here. 

Apple confirms cloud gaming services like xCloud and Stadia violate App Store guidelines

The Verge, here. 

Here’s why Apple believes it’s an AI leader—and why it says critics have it all wrong

ArsTechnica, here. 

Friday, July 31, 2020

Amazon investing $10 billion to compete against SpaceX in satellite broadband

ArsTechnica, here.

Technology Theatre

CIGI, here.

Commission clears Alstom's acquisition of Bombardier, subject to conditions

EC, here. 

Top 10 Admissions from Tech CEOs Secured at the Antitrust Hearing

Tech(no)Bosses - click on image
H. Singer, here. 

Emails detail Amazon’s plan to crush a startup rival with price cuts

ArsTechnica, here. 

In a world first, Australia plans to force Facebook and Google to pay for news (but ABC and SBS miss out)

Rob (Nicholls), here. 

„Das Informatikstudium war eher langweilig“, sagt KI-Star Sepp Hochreiter

FAZ Digitec-Podcast, hier. 

Evaluating competition in the Internet’s infrastructure: a view of GAFAM from the Internet exchanges

J. Sowell, here. 

Documents from the Hearing on “Online Platforms and Market Power: Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google

US House Committee on the Judiciary, here. 

Guidance on AI and data protection

ICO, here. 

Google and Facebook to be forced to share revenue with media in Australia under draft code

The Guardian, here. 

Die Wichtigkeit von Transparenz im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung

FAZ, hier. 

London Stock Exchange may sell Milan bourse to secure Refinitiv deal

Reuters, here. 

China's central bank urges antitrust probe into Alipay, WeChat Pay - sources

Reuters, here. 

Regulating the Digital Economy

 Competition Commission of India, here.

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Favorable ad search terms for Apple considered in deal with Amazon: documents

Reuters, here. 

Lego propose à l’Autorité des engagements afin de modifier sa politique de remise tarifaire

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Google Search: Summer Read

Here. 

"Congressman, I'm really focused on getting users what they want"

Why it matters that TikTok wants to reveal its algorithms

Recode, here. 

Antitrust finally gets its hearing

C. Newton, here. 

The Triumphant Return of Congress

D. Dayen, here.

A New Paradigm for Business of Data

WEF, here. 

Big Tech Hearing: My Modest Take in a Tweet



Telegram is the latest company to make antitrust complaint against Apple

B. Lovejoy, here. 

Google’s $2bn Fitbit deal faces longer EU probe

FT, here. 

Interoperability as a tool for competition regulation

I. Brown, here. 

‘This Is a New Phase’: Europe Shifts Tactics to Limit Tech’s Power

NYTimes, here. 

Lawmakers want privacy protections included in coronavirus stimulus package

CNET, here. 

Margrethe to David

Here. 

Big Tech’s leaders squirm as documents reveal their power

FT, here. 

MYDATA OPERATOR 2020 STATUS AWARDED TO 16 ORGANISATIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

MyData, here. 

Examining the dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google

D. Ciciline, here.

Google’s business model ‘is the problem,’ David Cicilline says

The Verge, here. 

Amazon and aggregate data

Today’s Congressional Hearing Will Test Big Tech’s Simplest Algorithm: If An Ex-Regulator, Then Hire [either directly or indirectly - via a law office/thinktank/consulting firm]

The Ringer, here. 

"Indirectly the Buy Box does favor products that can be shipped with Prime"

Here. 

Google-Fitbit: In-depth merger control

C. Caffarra, here. 

‘INSTAGRAM CAN HURT US’: MARK ZUCKERBERG EMAILS OUTLINE PLAN TO NEUTRALIZE COMPETITORS

The Verge, here. 

Baidu's Review Fast Track

Here. 

Neutralize a potential competitor?

On Apple’s monopoly power to destroy HEY

DHH, here. 

WHO, WIPO, WTO launch updated study on access to medical technologies and innovation

WTO, here. 

Google’s ‘no choice’ screen on Android isn’t working, says Ecosia — querying the EU’s approach to antitrust enforcement

TechCrunch, here. 

Lawmakers From Both Sides Take Aim at Big Tech Executives

NWTimes, here. 

Amazon: Diapers.com

Here. 

Everything you need to know from the tech antitrust hearing

The Verge, here.

Canadian smart glasses going 'offline' weeks after company bought by Google

CTV News, here. 

Telegram files EU antitrust complaint against Apple’s App Store

FT, here. 

Apple Copycats

Here. 

Bezos Admits To Serious Issues For Retail Brands In Antitrust Inquiry. What Will Change?

Forbes, here. 

Monday, July 27, 2020

Bureau Symposium: Consumer Access to Financial Records

U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, here.

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 2040

Fraunhofer, hier.

Monday, July 20, 2020

Fiona, Apple, and Amazon: How Big Tech Pays to Win the Battle of Ideas

D. Dayen, here.

Applied IO Policy Panel: What should IO economists be working on in tech? [Answer: it depends]

CEPR, here.
💰 1:13:30.

Addressing trust in public sector data use

UK Gov, here. 

The social imaginaries of data activism

T. Lehtiniemi, M. Ruckenstein, here. 

Application « StopCovid » : la CNIL tire les conséquences de ses contrôles

CNIL, ici. 

EU Regulators Halt LSE, Refinitiv Probe, Await Data

NYTimes, here. 

Fintech Strategic Review: Terms of Reference

UK Treasury, here. 

The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice

E. Ash et al., here. 

BIDEN-SANDERS UNITY TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS

Here. 

Applying new models of data stewardship to health and care data

ODI, here. 

Uber drivers to launch legal bid to uncover app's algorithm

The Guardian, here. 

EDPS Statement following the Court of Justice ruling in Case C-311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Ltd and Maximilian Schrems (“Schrems II”)

EDPS, here. 

A proxy for privacy uncovering the surveillance ecology of mobile apps

S. Lai, S. Flensburg, here. 

Plateformes coopératives

Caisse des Dépôts, ici. 

The Dark Side of Public Innovation

A. Meijer, M. Thaens, here. 

Seeing the forest for the trees: Visualizing platformization and its governance

J. Van Dijck, here. 

Thursday, July 09, 2020

Online platforms and digital advertising market study: An Overview

CMA, here. 

Mind Your Own Business: Protecting Proprietary Third-Party Information From Digital Platforms

H. Feld (Public Knowledge/Omidyar Network), here. 

EU MARKET STUDY ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOTEL ACCOMMODATION IN THE EU

Tender specifications, here. 

FAIRE DES DONNÉES ENVIRONNEMENTALES DES DONNÉES D’INTÉRÊT GÉNÉRAL

CNNum, ici. 

Sektoruntersuchung im Bereich öffentlich zugänglicher Ladeinfrastruktur für Elektrofahrzeuge

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

In Novel Ruling, 5th Circ. Curbs Privacy On Bitcoin Exchanges

Law360, here (and here).

REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE ICN SURVEY ON DOMINANCE/SUBSTANTIAL MARKET POWER IN DIGITAL MARKETS

ICN, here. 

EUROPEAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY: MAPPING THE INSTITUTIONAL LANDSCAPE

Data Justice Lab, here.

ICN Conglomerate Mergers Project Report

ICN, here. 

Mobile applications to support contact tracing in the EU’s fight against COVID-19: Progress reporting June 2020

EC, here. 

Statement on ACM public consultation on sustainability guidelines

EC, here. ACM, hier.
See also Giovanni's Manifesto, here (p. 13).



Live tweeting from a great Webinar (and there's also the video link)!



Tweets Here.
Video here.


Don’t ask if artificial intelligence is good or fair, ask how it shifts power

Nature, here. 

Publication de l'étude sur l'interopérabilité suivie d'un panel

CNNum, vidéo ici. 

Monday, July 06, 2020

For a Few Dollars More (Section)

Per un pugno di dollari (Original motion picture soundtrack) de Ennio  Morricone sur Amazon Music - Amazon.fr  A Lawyer's Tribute to Ennio Morricone, here (here).